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In 2012 I was in San Francisco on business when the Giants won the world series. It was electric. It's now 2014 and I'm in the town where the Royals are going to win the world series! The city is all a buzz for the boys in blue! Kansas City is busting with excitement. I don't think anyone will get much work done today because we are all waiting for 7pm! This tee by Charlie Hustle that Paul Rudd wore to the games is pretty much a staple in every closet in town I bet! I love it! Win or lose tonight.... the opportunity to even make it to game 7 is a proud accomplishment! May the best team win! Go Royals!!

This is the time of the year in in the Midwest in which the weather dictates your attire. One day you can be in shorts... the next a sweater! This day however was a gorgeous day. I shopped my closet for this outfit with only the cami being a new purchase. If you saw this post on how to build your wardrobe then you know that having the key items allows you to add fun pieces like this cami. While shopping for it I knew I wanted to pair it with this green cardigan, again, another item I had in my closet and the rest of the outfit came together once I started building it in my bull pin! Read what I am referring to as a bull pin here! If you need help or any ideas in starting your own bull pin, just shoot me an email and I will get you started! Do you ever shop your closet to find something you forgot about, or didn't imagine putting it together for an outfit? Share with me your best closet find you forgot... or better yet "lost" in your closet!

Happy Friday friends! With the weather turning cooler and the leaves turning the most vibrant colors, I decided to pull from my archives last years fall DIY ... velvet acorns to share again with you. This year my sis and I got together to make larger acorns. She found a tree with huge caps and we thought mixing the two sizes could be fun. Enjoy this post.

See the difference in the size? The left is from last year and the right is this years!

This post is going to be photo heavy, but I wanted to share step by step instructions on creating these darling little velvet acorns for your fall decorations! I first saw these last year and though what a darling little idea. Something to decorate for fall in addition to pumpkins. I love pumpkins. But these are cute! Super cute. And believe it or not , not overly hard to make. I would rate these as a skill level of medium. Only because there are so many steps, but they are truly worth making!

Start by gathering acorn caps of various sizes. I went to a park and walked around to find different varieties of oak trees. You can actually order acorns and caps on Etsy! I guess I never really paid that much attention to the caps of acorn trees, but there is a big difference!

I went to Joann's to select velvet for my acorns to find A) its expensive, B) there was not a large selection of colors available and C) velveteen works just as well. So buy velveteen.

The cast of characters for this performance are as follows:

Velveteen

A glue gun

Toothpicks

sharpie

a 2' circle ( I used a ring from a set of fondant cutters)

scissors

cotton balls

needle and thread

obviously acorn caps

snippers

Trace around your ring on the back side of your fabric. Once you have all your circles drawn, cut them out. If you have a few smaller acorn caps, you might want to cut inside of the circle to make it slightly smaller.

Next, whip stitch around the edge of your cut circles. No knot is necessary as you will knot the ends when you draw the thread tight. Be sure to leave enough tail to pull the ends together.

Go ahead and cut off both the sharp ends on the toothpicks so they will be ready for this step. I suggest cutting them outside and make sure to be careful for flying ends.

I like to do all of one stage at a time, rather than build one acorn at a time, but you make your little nuts any way you like! Now, depending on the size of your cotton balls, you will want to pull some of the cotton off to make the "ball" slightly smaller. You will have to just gage this by sight. You want the cotton to be semi firm, but squishy at the same time once inside your acorn. Take a toothpick and wrap the cotton around the pick then draw the ends of your thread together carefully pushing the cotton inside the stitch line. Tie the two ends of your thread together creating a velvet ball with the end of your toothpick sticking out the top.

Now this is where you size up your acorn caps to your velvet acorns. You want the top of the toothpick that is sticking out of the velvet to gently push against the top of the cap to create the little point at the tip of your acorn. You may have to trim the toothpick a little once you have sized the caps up.

Once they are all ready to glue, fill the acorn cap with enough glue to set and hold the fabric. Careful not to get any glue on your finger tips working with such small items. And voile!

I don't know what is growing more in my closet.... the leopard or the stripes! Can you really ever have to many stripes or enough leopard? I don't think so! Or enough pink! I stepped a little out of my comfort zone with this Baublebar statement necklace and am so glad I did. Although I am still not a fan of the statement necklaces (a personal preference for me) they look great every time I see someone wearing one. The pop of pink ties the outfit together don't you think?I do have a confession to make however, every time I see a style post around the internet a stylist puts together I often have to ask myself, Why did she leave the clutch empty? It looks so fake and flat. She should at least put something in her clutch to at least appear as if she is really carrying it rather than styling it! Every time I see a post with a clutch that is empty I think ...what an oversight. Now I bet your looking at my clutch here and thinking the same with me today.... but I ALWAYS have items in my clutch and it looks flat in all these pics. So I have to stop judging all those style pics I see and give a little grace, because today my clutch looks like the ones I laugh at!!!!!

October is breast cancer awareness month and that means two things... It's time to check your girls, and pink is the color of the month! I have mentioned before that one of my sisters is a breast cancer survivor with that I can't tell you how important it is to have a yearly checkup. It will be the best appointment you make all year.

With it getting darker earlier it makes it difficult to get a bright white background shot. Sooo...... this lovely blue cast background we will pretend was on purpose! These are just some of my favorite pinks in my closet and home!

With any Tory Burch purchase from her selected line she will donate 20% of profits to Breast cancer research fund. May Designs is donating 15%. Accessories Concierge 20% of proceeds will go to breastcancerfund.org. La Mer is donating a portion of the proceeds to Breast Cancer research foundation. Glassybaby has created a special holder named Evelyn and it is offered exclusively thru Nordstrom with 10% of profits going to Breast cancer research fund. Blair Ritchey has partnered with The Pink Agenda and for a limited time you can purchase this hand painted card case and key fob and 100% of the profits go to The Pink Agenda. To learn more about The Pink Agenda and their recent partnership with Giuliana Rancic's Fab-U-Wish foundation, click here. there are so many others that are making a contribution this month I couldn't name them all, just some of my favorites!

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When an item is so versatile you wear it at least once every week you know it was a good investment. Can you tell this leopard sweater is a favorite? It truly has been an investment. Styling it in so many different ways keeps it fresh and never mundane I think. But I want to talk about these jeans today. They are Fabulously comfortable. With a hint of stretch, and a waist that is higher than low rise, but lower than high waisted...?!... they are a perfect jean. I cringe every time I see girls wearing a pair of low rise jeans and a huge muffin top. Did their mom or bestie not guide them before they left the house looking like that? Girls.... just buy the next size up and you will actually appear slimmer without the muffin top! Oy... I am so glad I didn't have girls! Anyway back to these jeans. They are from The Limited and they are style #917. Dark rinse, skinny, and stretch, it's a trifecta I tell ya!

Now I will advise you to wash them the first time in cold water with a bit of vinegar to set the dye. I am not a fan of everything having a tint of blue, and this helps with the color rubbing off on your skin as well! The over dying process is notorious for this happening so take the measures first to prevent it. Also, I am 5'4 and the regular length is too long for me so I get the short.

When I first purchased these camo pants I had no idea how many ways I would be able to style them. It is as if they are a neutral. Seriously, so many things just work with them. The one thing I love about this particular pair, which I purchased from Target, is that they have stretch to them. I hate a pair of stiff jeans or pants don't you? I try to put together outfits on the weekend and line them up in my closet in what I like to call the bull pin... Not that they are in any particular order, but that I have all the elements gathered to complete an outfit. It allows me time to think it thru, gather what I need and try different items to see what works best. Do you plan out your outfits, or wing it? I do wing it some, trust me on that... the girls in the office will attest to those days, but when I see an outfit in my minds eye I am anxious to pull it together! One other benefit besides time savings, is I pull accessories from my closet that I might have over looked other wise. Like this bag... It is what the sales associate in the Gucci store called "A loved bag"! When I was browsing for a new bag I was carrying this one. The corners are not protected with leather and the fabric is wearing. Still a great bag ,but definitely showing its wear. It now resides in the top of my closet overlooked often. How many things are you overlooking in your closet?